Once upon a time . . .
. . . there was a woman living in the suburbs of the North Hills. Circumstances brought to mind the small town in which she was raised. She remembered all of the houses in which she lived and all of the houses in which her relatives and friends lived. She recalled to mind her grade school and the church where she used to worship. She remembered her high school and her teachers.
She still cared very much for the people who lived there, including those who had moved away. So, technology being what it is today, the woman decided to use one of her favorite communication tools to reach out to the people who grew up there.
So a new a Facebook page was formed. As the membership grew, she noticed people expressing joy from rekindled memories. She noticed people remembering friends, families, teachers, school, sports, eateries, and neighbors. People remembered their small town in its “hey day,” when we were all children, growing up, not knowing that our childhood would soon be some of the best memories of our lives. As the membership grew even more, the woman noticed sorrow being expressed, too: A sorrow that comes when you realize that your town is “not what it used to be when I was a kid, growing up there”. And then the woman noticed that some of the people were expressing desire to contribute to “our town” in whatever way they could.
So the woman made another Facebook page to capture that energy. She called it “Clairton History Activists”. And to this new page came Clairtonians from all over the country with hope, offering whatever abilities they had to help to restore the city of our youth. Out of that Facebook page came a group of volunteers who could pray, inspire, encourage, and lend a hand.
And now those people are working with other groups to make our home town better. Volunteers are working with local government to restore the city. Other groups, which were already in existence, are being “discovered”. One group is working within the school district to improve opportunities for the children. Another group is working to restore the fountain on Memorial Hill in Clairton Park.
This web site, “Rebuilding Clairton Together (RCT),” came out of the “Clairton History Activists” Facebook page. One of the primary goals of RCT is to be the means of linking all of the volunteer efforts to each other: Organization is the key to effectiveness. This web page aims to become a communication “hub.” It is our hope to develop this page into a “one stop shopping” tool to help you find everything you need to know about our home town and ways that you can help to make her better.
Make this web site one of your “Favorites” and visit us often!
Joanie Jordan
Rebuilding Clairton Together
www.myclairton.com
email: [email protected]
. . . there was a woman living in the suburbs of the North Hills. Circumstances brought to mind the small town in which she was raised. She remembered all of the houses in which she lived and all of the houses in which her relatives and friends lived. She recalled to mind her grade school and the church where she used to worship. She remembered her high school and her teachers.
She still cared very much for the people who lived there, including those who had moved away. So, technology being what it is today, the woman decided to use one of her favorite communication tools to reach out to the people who grew up there.
So a new a Facebook page was formed. As the membership grew, she noticed people expressing joy from rekindled memories. She noticed people remembering friends, families, teachers, school, sports, eateries, and neighbors. People remembered their small town in its “hey day,” when we were all children, growing up, not knowing that our childhood would soon be some of the best memories of our lives. As the membership grew even more, the woman noticed sorrow being expressed, too: A sorrow that comes when you realize that your town is “not what it used to be when I was a kid, growing up there”. And then the woman noticed that some of the people were expressing desire to contribute to “our town” in whatever way they could.
So the woman made another Facebook page to capture that energy. She called it “Clairton History Activists”. And to this new page came Clairtonians from all over the country with hope, offering whatever abilities they had to help to restore the city of our youth. Out of that Facebook page came a group of volunteers who could pray, inspire, encourage, and lend a hand.
And now those people are working with other groups to make our home town better. Volunteers are working with local government to restore the city. Other groups, which were already in existence, are being “discovered”. One group is working within the school district to improve opportunities for the children. Another group is working to restore the fountain on Memorial Hill in Clairton Park.
This web site, “Rebuilding Clairton Together (RCT),” came out of the “Clairton History Activists” Facebook page. One of the primary goals of RCT is to be the means of linking all of the volunteer efforts to each other: Organization is the key to effectiveness. This web page aims to become a communication “hub.” It is our hope to develop this page into a “one stop shopping” tool to help you find everything you need to know about our home town and ways that you can help to make her better.
Make this web site one of your “Favorites” and visit us often!
Joanie Jordan
Rebuilding Clairton Together
www.myclairton.com
email: [email protected]
